Summary

Rachel arrives in Munich in Chapter 24. She is exhausted and so instead of going to Kehlheim, she takes a nap and then goes out for dinner. On her way back to her hotel room, Rachel passes some tourist groups and begins to admire the sights of the city. As she crosses an intersection, a rouge taxi driver comes out of nowhere. The brakes squeal but Rachel can't move. A man jerks him out of harm's way. He introduces himself as Christian Knoll and insists that they get a glass of wine to calm Rachel's nerves.

Rachel is flustered, but Knoll tries to calm her down. After they get their wine, Knoll admits that he has been following Rachel. He wanted to speak with her father, but when he arrived in Atlanta, he learned her father had died. He waited to contact her because she had just...